Obituaries
Peter W Cheetham HonPAGB
It is with great regret that we have to inform you that Peter Cheetham HonPAGB passed away on 26th January. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife Carol.
Peter has been a major linchpin of N&EMPF since the seventies and was currently serving on the N&EMPF Executive in 3 roles: Awards Officer, Newsletter Editor and Member of the Alliance Executive. He was a Life Vice President and had served as President twice. As well as his actual roles he was an extremely hardworking member on nearly all of the Federation sub-committees.
Peter was also a very active and hard-working member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain having been a President of the PAGB and the organiser of the Inter-Club Championships at Warwick for many years. He was also a highly respected judge and an entertaining lecturer. We will all feel his loss considerably in many ways.
An excellent article has been produced in the PAGB e-news, click here to see the article.
Peter has been a major linchpin of N&EMPF since the seventies and was currently serving on the N&EMPF Executive in 3 roles: Awards Officer, Newsletter Editor and Member of the Alliance Executive. He was a Life Vice President and had served as President twice. As well as his actual roles he was an extremely hardworking member on nearly all of the Federation sub-committees.
Peter was also a very active and hard-working member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain having been a President of the PAGB and the organiser of the Inter-Club Championships at Warwick for many years. He was also a highly respected judge and an entertaining lecturer. We will all feel his loss considerably in many ways.
An excellent article has been produced in the PAGB e-news, click here to see the article.
Robert Rowe ARPS CPAGB
We are sorry to learn of the passing of Bob Rowe on 25th January after a short illness. Bob was a well respected authority on image software and Photoshop in particular, lecturing in many countries of the world. He was also a highly experienced competition judge. Our sincere sympathies are expressed to his wife Melanie and family.
Eileen White LRPS CPAGB APAGB
It is with great regret that we have today learned of the passing of Eileen White on 6th December 2020 after a short illness. Eileen was the secretary of N&EMPF between 1962 and 1973 and was made a Life Vice-President in 1973. At the stage we have no more details but will post a fuller announcement in due course.